Combined mop head and wringer.



I. C. 'IMBODEN. GOMBINED MOP HEAD AND WRINGER.

APPLICATION FILED APE.16, 1910.

Patented Nov. 19, 1912.

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ISAAC o. IMBODEN, or GLEONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED MOP HEAD AND WRINGER;

' therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in combined mop heads and wrlngers.

The object of my invention is to provide 1 a mop-holder having a wringerattachment whereby the mop can be effectively wrung without removing itfrom the holder.

Another object of my invention is to provide a mop holder which can bereadily adjusted to hold mops of different sizes and certain details ofstructure, whereby each and all of the parts are removable for replacingthe same should they become broken. In the accompanying drawings-Figurel is a perspective view of my improved mopholder showing the mop appliedand in a position to scrub with. Fig.2 is a side elevation showing themop being wrung. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the holder with the mopremoved. Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view partly broken away ofone of the plates forming the handle socket. Fig. 5 is a perspectiveview of the .mop pressure frame. Fig G isa perspective view of the rearmop holding iink or ring. Fig. 7 is a perspec-; tive view of thewringing operating crank. Referring now to the drawings, 1 representsthe main frame of my improved mopholder and which is provided with thetransverse bars 2 and 3 intermediate the ends thereof. Connecting saidbars are the vertically disposed plates 4 and 5, which extend above thebars and their rear ends are provided witn circular bearing portions 4and 5 upon which arms 6 and bear. These arms are pivoted to saidbearings 4/ and 5 1 by means of a bolt 8. and the friction of thebearing .portion .with the arms being regulated by means of a nut 9 onthe end of the bolt.

The arms 6 and 7 extend rearwardly para allel with each other for aslight distance, and they then have the converging portions 10 and 11,whichmeet and the arms are sein which the arms rest.

cured together by means of the bolt 12. The said arms termlnate 1n.enlarged semieyiindrieal port ons 13 and 14, which together, form anelongated socket in which Specification of Letters Patent. 3 Pate ted Nv; 19, 1912-,- Application filed April is,

1910. Serial No. 555,838.

a bolt 16. At the inner end of the socket, the portions 13 and 14 areprovided with thickened portions provided with semi-ciroular recesseswhich form a bearing for the shaft 17. a

The upper end of the shaft 17 is provided with a crank 18 by means ofwhich the shaft is rotated. The shaft 17 is provided with an enlargedportion 19, which prevents the .is squared at '20, and upon which thegear 21 snugly fits. The squared portion is. provided with ascrew-threaded extension 22, upon which a lock nut 23 is screwed forholding the gear 21 on the shaft. The shaft 11 is only removable whenthe two sections or aims are separated which is clearly illustrated inFig. 4.

:The' arms 6 and 7 directly below the bolt 12 are provided withdownwardly extending the handle 15 fits and is secured by means of shaftfrom having any longitudinal move- I ment. The shaft below the enlargedportion.

portions 24, which are provided with outwardly bulged portions 25,forming bearings;

for the shaft 26. The shaft 26 has at its inner end the shoulder 27,bearing against the portion 25, which limits themovement in onedirection. The shaft is forked, as shown,

the outwardly extending arms 28 and 29. having inwardly turned ends 30and 31,

through which the turned ends of the bar 32 passes. The bar ispreferably slightly riveted in the arms although any desired meanscould-be employed. a

The inner end of the shaft 26 is provided with a collar 33, which limitstheinward movement of the shaft and thus this shaft like shaft 17 canonly be removed when the arms are separated. This shaft beyondthe collar13 has a squared portion '34 upon which the gear 35 tightly fits and isheld by means of a lock nut 36 screwed upon the threaded portion 37. V

The forward ends of the plates 4 and '5 are connected by the thickenedportion 38 having grooves 39 and 40-, in which rest the arms 41 and 42,of the outer mop loop 42'. Those arms 41 and 42 pass through openingsframe 1. The cross-bar 2 is provided with 43 and 44 in the ears carriedby the ends of the recesses 45 and 46, and the rear end of the frame 1is provided with recesses 47 and 48 I The portion 38 has resting thereona block the arms 41 and 42 and clamping them in the grooves in thethickened portion 38. This block is clamped upon the thickened portion38 by a setscrew 51, which screws through the opening 52 in the block 49and are screwed into the thickened portion 38. By this arrangement itwill be seen that the loop can be extended to accommodate mops ofdifferent lengths and also for tightening the mop.

The mop 54is made of any desired material and of an endless form andadapted to interlock with the loop 42 and the loop 29, i

as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, of the drawings. The loop 42', as shown,,iscarried by the frame 1, while the loop 29 is carried by the handle. Asshown in Fig. 2, the mop is normally parallel with the frame 1, but whenin operation the handle tilts or rocks upon the pivot or bolt 8 and themop engages the rear end of the frame and is tightened, as shown inFig. 1. The mop assumes this position, as shown in Fig; 1, when inoperation and thus the mop is tightly held against the lower face of theframe 1.

When it is desired to wring the mop, the handle is rocked upon the bolt8 until the handle assumes a This loosens the brings it away from theframe 1. By turn ing the crank it will be seen that the gear 21 drivesthe'gear 35, which is carried by the loop 29, and thus said loop isrotated and the mop wrung as'shown. The set screw 25 can be tightened sothat the mop can be held in its wringing position, or so set thatit-will also hold the gear 21 in a desired position, as shown in Fig. 1.

In adjusting the mop the set-screw 51 is position shown in Fig. 2.- mopand at the same time loosened and the mop placed upon the surface to bescrubbed. The handle is then moved outwardly or upwardly to bring it tothe de sired angle, which through the medium of the loop 29 and the mop,the outer loop 42 is moved inwardly, whereby it is self-adjusting andthe mop will be at the proper angle in respect to the handle to suit theoperator or the surface to be scrubbed.

By my structure it will be seen that I have made a combined mop-holderand Wringer in which any of the parts can be readily removed andreplaced should they become broken. I also produce a mop holderhavingcertain advantages heretofore set forth, and while I have showncertain details of structure it will be understood that the same couldbe changed without departing from my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to cut is:

A mop-holder comprising a frame, a handle pivoted to one end of theframe, a loop rotatably mounted in said handle and adapted to receiveone end of the mop, means for rotating said loop, a loop longitudinallymovable on the frame and adapted to receive the opposite end of the mop,and adapted to be moved on the frame by the, tension of the mop andmeans for holding the loopin its self-adjusted position.

secure by Letters Pat- In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix mysignature in the presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC C. IMBODEN.

Witnesses CAULDER C. STEWART, THOMAS J. SHAAK.

